Compared to levonorgestrel (a common emergency contraception pill), mifepristone probably results in fewer pregnancies. It is also probably more effective at preventing pregnancy than the Yuzpe method ...

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions by a third and heart attack risk by more than a quarter, as well as remaining beneficial in the long term, a new Cochrane review finds ...

Nous examinons les données probantes qui sous-tendent les questions affectant la vie des gens, leur donnant les moyens de prendre de meilleures décisions. Emergency contraception containing ...

Compared with no structured exercise, exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with coronary heart disease reduces heart attacks, likely reduces hospital admissions and may slightly reduce the ...

In preterm infants, physical activity programmes may provide a small benefit for bone development and body weight gain over the short term. Physical activity programmes may have little to no effect on ...

What is stroke? A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, leading to damage in specific areas of the brain. The impact of stroke can be life-chang ...

It is unclear if medicines used to prevent bone loss (bisphosphonates) lower the risk of breaking a hip, backbone (spine), or other bones in men. These medicines probably do not cause more unwanted ...

Iodine supplementation likely reduces the occurrence of insufficient production of thyroid hormones (hypothyroidism), and risk of infant death (mortality) in places with high infant mortality rates.

Nicotine e-cigarettes, commonly known as vapes, are more effective in helping people quit smoking than many conventional methods such as nicotine gums and patches and quitting with behavioural support ...

Cochrane Interactive Learning is our comprehensive course on how to conduct a systematic review of interventions. Equip yourself, or your staff and students, with the skills to conduct systematic ...

Cochrane has released a pre-print of the protocol for our innovative study that will test whether artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support or enhance evidence synthesis. Here Gerald Gartlehner ...